A/N: Happy Thanksgiving! LOL-just for the show though (so I'm a week and
a day behind-sue me. ;) Everyone have a good weekend, and if you are good
I'll post a chapter this weekend. LOL. Until next time-PCGirl.
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"Let me get that," greeted Livvie as she took the tray from her father as she walked in the house.
"You made it. I was thinking you wouldn't show up."
"I went to see Mama, told her Happy Thanksgiving-and then I fell asleep. She came to me in the dream and her words-well they were inspiring."
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, as he put on his coat and headed out the door.
"I will on the way over to Victor's," she said as he closed the door and they headed over to meet the rest of the Scanlon's for Thanksgiving dinner.
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"What's that?" asked Rafe as he put his arms around Alison's waist as she stood in Lucy's kitchen.
"Pumpkin pie, and no you can't have any yet," she grinned. "Is everyone here?"
"I think Jack and Reese just showed up," he sighed as he put his lips on her shoulder and watched her take a final look at her work.
"Oh my goodness," she said as she got embarrassed, "I completely forgot to invite Reese. I guess I have to get used to having another family member," she said turning around with the pie in her hands. "Here, take this out and let me wash my hands. I'll be there in a minute."
"Yes, ma'am," he responded to her command with a grin.
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"Monk," said Victor as he opened the door and gave his son a hug.
"Hello, Victor. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!" he said, noticing that Gabby and Joe had been able to make it. "Hope we aren't too late, Livvie wanted to take a visit to see her mom."
"No, Gabby and Joe just got here-they brought Ricky and Casey with them," said Mary as she brought out the turkey.
"Oh good," he said as he pulled out a chair for Livvie next to him. "Do we want to say anything before we start?"
"I think I would," said Victor. "I know we've all been through a lot this year, but we still have each other-and that's what should be most thankful for-don't you agree?"
"I couldn't have said it better myself," said Frank as he looked at his son next to him.
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"Look at us all eating together as a family," smiled Lucy as she looked around at the table. Chris and Jack had joined them this year, and Amanda even made it out of the Mansion. "I was thinking we should each give one thing we're thankful for. Who wants to start?" she asked as nobody said anything, "Ok, I will. I am thankful that Kevin has made a full recovery from his accident. Elizabeth?"
"I'm thankful for putting away past demons, and concentrating on my family," she said squeezing Alison's hand. "Chris?"
"Uhm," he said trying to think of a good one, "I'm thankful that I was able to get Iris off my back," he said with Ian and Jack trying to hold in laughter. "Ian?"
"Thankful for my son being able to live with me again. I guess its Jack's turn now."
"I'm thankful that Frank has his son to raise now. It's amazing how he lives now, knowing he has a son to live for. Sorry, anyways-Reese?"
"I guess knowing who my father is, not that I liked the outcome. Alison?" asked Reese, looking at her sister.
"Oh geez. I have so much to be thankful for, but I guess most of all I'm thankful for the fact that in five and a half months I'll be bringing a child into this world," she said as she placed her hand on her stomach. "Rafe, what about you?"
"That we are all still alive, despite Caleb being here," he said and then realized how bad that sounded. He was finally married to Alison and was going to be a father, and that's all he could think of. "Amanda, what about you?" he said trying to come up with something to get the stoplight off himself.
"That my granddaughter is happy," she said smiling.
"Well, let's eat," said Ian as he began to carve the tofu-turkey.
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"That was wonderful," said Kevin as he stretched his arms over his head.
"Why thank you, Kevin. So are you back at the hospital?" asked Mary, as her and Kevin began a conversation.
Livvie decided to help in the kitchen and started taking plates in. She was wiping off her plate when Gabby came in. She just looked up at her, and then back down at the plate.
"I saw your husband earlier," said Gabby as she wiped off her plate.
"Really? I bet that was the shock of a lifetime, huh?"
"Yeah. I mean it's not everyday that you meet the man that hypnotized you into almost killing your brother."
"You should have been around when I saw him, I mean I was totally flipping out. I was trying to use Jack as my bodyguard, flirting with him-did everything I could to try and make him admit that he was Caleb."
"Oh yeah, he was going by the name of that rocker-Stephen Clay," she surmised from what Ricky was saying earlier about the band. "So what is up with you and Caleb anyways?"
"He's up to no good, and until he tells me what it is, I won't have anything to do with him."
"Well, why don't you just give up, and let him be mysterious. He'll let you know if he wants to."
"Thanks for the advice," she said rolling her eyes as she went to get more dishes.
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"Is everything ok?" asked Elizabeth as she walked into the kitchen and saw Alison washing dishes.
"Yeah, it's fine," she said not noticing what she was doing.
"Then why are you washing a plate that is already clean?"
"It's just what Rafe said earlier. He didn't say he was thankful we're going to have a child. It all goes back to Caleb again. What if he doesn't want a child even?" she asked as Lucy came into the kitchen.
"My cousin doesn't want children? Now that's funny. Come in here for a minute," as her, Elizabeth and Alison went back into the living room. There in the chair, was Ian sleeping as soundly as Danny was. And sprawled out on the couch were Rafe and Christina. "Now does that look like a guy that doesn't want kids?" she asked.
"Well no. Oh I wish I had my camera," she laughed at watching him. He was so cute when he slept, and with Christina lying next to him he was even cuter.
"Don't worry, I already took a picture of both of them," she laughed.
Just then Chris came up and gave Elizabeth a kiss on the cheek, "I've got to go. I'll call you later," he said walking away and over to the door.
"Is it something at the hospital? Do we need to wake up Ian?" asked Lucy.
"No, there's no reason to wake up Sleeping Beauty," he said as he closed the door.
"Now that was odd," commented Elizabeth under her breath.
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"Let me get that," greeted Livvie as she took the tray from her father as she walked in the house.
"You made it. I was thinking you wouldn't show up."
"I went to see Mama, told her Happy Thanksgiving-and then I fell asleep. She came to me in the dream and her words-well they were inspiring."
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, as he put on his coat and headed out the door.
"I will on the way over to Victor's," she said as he closed the door and they headed over to meet the rest of the Scanlon's for Thanksgiving dinner.
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"What's that?" asked Rafe as he put his arms around Alison's waist as she stood in Lucy's kitchen.
"Pumpkin pie, and no you can't have any yet," she grinned. "Is everyone here?"
"I think Jack and Reese just showed up," he sighed as he put his lips on her shoulder and watched her take a final look at her work.
"Oh my goodness," she said as she got embarrassed, "I completely forgot to invite Reese. I guess I have to get used to having another family member," she said turning around with the pie in her hands. "Here, take this out and let me wash my hands. I'll be there in a minute."
"Yes, ma'am," he responded to her command with a grin.
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"Monk," said Victor as he opened the door and gave his son a hug.
"Hello, Victor. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!" he said, noticing that Gabby and Joe had been able to make it. "Hope we aren't too late, Livvie wanted to take a visit to see her mom."
"No, Gabby and Joe just got here-they brought Ricky and Casey with them," said Mary as she brought out the turkey.
"Oh good," he said as he pulled out a chair for Livvie next to him. "Do we want to say anything before we start?"
"I think I would," said Victor. "I know we've all been through a lot this year, but we still have each other-and that's what should be most thankful for-don't you agree?"
"I couldn't have said it better myself," said Frank as he looked at his son next to him.
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"Look at us all eating together as a family," smiled Lucy as she looked around at the table. Chris and Jack had joined them this year, and Amanda even made it out of the Mansion. "I was thinking we should each give one thing we're thankful for. Who wants to start?" she asked as nobody said anything, "Ok, I will. I am thankful that Kevin has made a full recovery from his accident. Elizabeth?"
"I'm thankful for putting away past demons, and concentrating on my family," she said squeezing Alison's hand. "Chris?"
"Uhm," he said trying to think of a good one, "I'm thankful that I was able to get Iris off my back," he said with Ian and Jack trying to hold in laughter. "Ian?"
"Thankful for my son being able to live with me again. I guess its Jack's turn now."
"I'm thankful that Frank has his son to raise now. It's amazing how he lives now, knowing he has a son to live for. Sorry, anyways-Reese?"
"I guess knowing who my father is, not that I liked the outcome. Alison?" asked Reese, looking at her sister.
"Oh geez. I have so much to be thankful for, but I guess most of all I'm thankful for the fact that in five and a half months I'll be bringing a child into this world," she said as she placed her hand on her stomach. "Rafe, what about you?"
"That we are all still alive, despite Caleb being here," he said and then realized how bad that sounded. He was finally married to Alison and was going to be a father, and that's all he could think of. "Amanda, what about you?" he said trying to come up with something to get the stoplight off himself.
"That my granddaughter is happy," she said smiling.
"Well, let's eat," said Ian as he began to carve the tofu-turkey.
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"That was wonderful," said Kevin as he stretched his arms over his head.
"Why thank you, Kevin. So are you back at the hospital?" asked Mary, as her and Kevin began a conversation.
Livvie decided to help in the kitchen and started taking plates in. She was wiping off her plate when Gabby came in. She just looked up at her, and then back down at the plate.
"I saw your husband earlier," said Gabby as she wiped off her plate.
"Really? I bet that was the shock of a lifetime, huh?"
"Yeah. I mean it's not everyday that you meet the man that hypnotized you into almost killing your brother."
"You should have been around when I saw him, I mean I was totally flipping out. I was trying to use Jack as my bodyguard, flirting with him-did everything I could to try and make him admit that he was Caleb."
"Oh yeah, he was going by the name of that rocker-Stephen Clay," she surmised from what Ricky was saying earlier about the band. "So what is up with you and Caleb anyways?"
"He's up to no good, and until he tells me what it is, I won't have anything to do with him."
"Well, why don't you just give up, and let him be mysterious. He'll let you know if he wants to."
"Thanks for the advice," she said rolling her eyes as she went to get more dishes.
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"Is everything ok?" asked Elizabeth as she walked into the kitchen and saw Alison washing dishes.
"Yeah, it's fine," she said not noticing what she was doing.
"Then why are you washing a plate that is already clean?"
"It's just what Rafe said earlier. He didn't say he was thankful we're going to have a child. It all goes back to Caleb again. What if he doesn't want a child even?" she asked as Lucy came into the kitchen.
"My cousin doesn't want children? Now that's funny. Come in here for a minute," as her, Elizabeth and Alison went back into the living room. There in the chair, was Ian sleeping as soundly as Danny was. And sprawled out on the couch were Rafe and Christina. "Now does that look like a guy that doesn't want kids?" she asked.
"Well no. Oh I wish I had my camera," she laughed at watching him. He was so cute when he slept, and with Christina lying next to him he was even cuter.
"Don't worry, I already took a picture of both of them," she laughed.
Just then Chris came up and gave Elizabeth a kiss on the cheek, "I've got to go. I'll call you later," he said walking away and over to the door.
"Is it something at the hospital? Do we need to wake up Ian?" asked Lucy.
"No, there's no reason to wake up Sleeping Beauty," he said as he closed the door.
"Now that was odd," commented Elizabeth under her breath.
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